The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-26
THE FARM.
THE QUESTION OF ''now TO PREVENT HOG
cHoLrRA?''

THE QUESTION OF NOW TO PREVENT HOG
CHoLERA?'
A writer in an eastern paper tells How
10 prevent hog cholera, " thus: keep the
sick ones by themselves, and permit no
one or anything TO pass from the pen OF
the sick hogs TO that occupied by the
healthy oncs.' A preventive that docs
aot 20 behind a pen Of hogs thoroughly
saturated with the disease can not he callcd
a preventive at all, II presumcs that there
is ALWAYS some one in a community suili-
ciently accommodating to furnish the sick
hogs. In order that ii MAY bc able Ia do n
good Job OF preventing, a remedy that is
worth the snap of your finger has within
lis application the clements OF system and
n rigid enforcement of sanitary laws, rcgu-
lating the character Of food and the
method of feeding, bedding, etc, the
a%ll.important items in the successful
growth and development Of the hog intcr-
est. IL Is not necessary TO state Ia the in
t~elligcni aud observing hog breeder that,
in the district where cholera first makes
lis appearance, investigations have mNari-
ably gone TO prove IL ne result OF inccs-
SAINT, constant feeding and porging with
corn. Simply feeding on corn all the time
and nothing else. As is the case with the
human family, without diversity oi diet,
sickness IN some shape will follow. II Is
the rule. Chickens cannot live M corn.
80 il is with everything living under the
sun. 1t must have the varied elements of
growth aud health, or depression OF con
s~titution aud disease will follow with that
same degree OF certainty that health Is
insured 10y conforming To q strict aud in
t~elligcnt sanitary regulation. Cut your
hogs of from the world by corralling a
large lot into a close pen, and pour the
corn tO them. month iu m month out,
and II disease in some form dncsn I invade
your premises, W. shall bo prepared TO
believe in the rututn at the day oi mira
Giles. II is proper 10 state, however, that
such q method OF procedure may be re-
gardcd rs the exception, rather than the
rule. The masses have learned better.
Time was when the hogs requirements
for health were measured 10y his apparent
indifference to cleanliness aud sanitary
laws.
These outward evidences were distorted
into the unfortunate conviction that the
%cesspool Wls his parent home. There are
vet thusc whose ideas huv not been whct-
ted up 10 the standard, and they are gem
orally found, too, with q sadly neglected
hfulalnlAlltt WIN Eppu lllul Nlp'h lNilfIN.
They neither read nor study ~niclligcntly
their business, and arc among those, in
whose pens, nine times out oi ten, you can
locate the origin AMI spread oi the disease.
The only and most successful pro
vcntivc OF hog cholera is iudicious feed
INK and even pas~Ibly clean apartments
for bedding. This, with a diversity Of
feed, will produce results in the main sat
isiactory. The farmer that Is able 10 have
hogs, is able 10 have q reasonable space
sown to Utabagas, turnips, sug1r.hcots,
and the various roots ui such well known
and reputable allh-gi,iugpropcrtics, and
there's the alfalfa patch, the finest forage
plant Tor hogs in The south. IL IL to us
what clover is to the stockmon in the
north, and Ia the stock farmer II Is simply
indispensable. The pork makorWho gives
proper attention tO the production aud
usage Of the plants mentioned, along with
his corn, will have in the hong run album
dant reasons 10 laugh while others are cn-
quilted in the pcrplrNing problem OF "llow
60 prevent hog cholera.